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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 201 words
  3. WAYS OF THE WORLD.

    The new Territorial didn’t like camplife. He bad been used to “all the comforts of home,” and snatch-as-snatch-can dinners on Salisbury Plain didn’t appeal to him, ...

    Article : 1,499 words
  4. CUSTOMS ACT.

    A Bill to amend the Customs Act is before the Senate. It provides that goods shall be subject to the control of the customs, as follows:—“In regard to all, goods ...

    Article : 916 words
  5. BEHIND THE TIMES.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Hedges (W.A.) moved the adjournment to discuss the position of the contract for the establishment of wireless ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  6. ANOTHER ELECTION.

    The decision of the British Government to dissolve Parliament and launch the country into the turmoil of another general election—the second within the year—has ...

    Article : 164 words
  7. TREMENDOUS FIRE.

    November is a month for pyrotechnic displays, but all the minor bonfires of the Fifth rolled into one would have looked insignificant alongside the spectacle ...

    Article : 168 words
  8. “Warmed Up.”

    “What was the danger of a spread of the fire spreading to other buildings?”'—“The wind might have been blowing from a worse quarter. As it was, we had to ...

    Article : 128 words
  9. Saddlery Shop Spared.

    A fairly thick partition wall kept the flumes out of Mr. C. H. Lehmann’s saddlery shop until they weer got under control, and his premists suffered mostly from a ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. Clothing Firm’s Loss.

    The Adelaide Clothing Manufacturing, Company occupied the whole of the top floor of the building, and employed about 40 operators. The manager stated:—“Our ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. Setting an Example.

    “If we preach preach union,” said Lord Curzon at public meeting at Bristol, “for heaven’s sake let as set the example among our[?]tleves.” ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. FIREMEN AT WORK.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 3 words
  13. A Hopeless Task.

    The brigade had a hopeless task of saving the building. When they arrived the whole corner was well alight, and every place on it looked to be doomed. ...

    Article : 98 words
  14. People Who Have Lost.

    The firms whose places have been completely wiped out by the fire are Whillas and Ormiston {stationers and printers), N. Solomon & Co. (furniture importers), and ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. Compulsory Dissolution.

    The Westminster Gazette, in the course of a leading article on the crisis, argues that the Government has been complied to dissolve Parliament because the Lords and ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. Valuable Motor Appliance.

    “There was a plentiful supply of water, and I may say that the firemen and appliances gave every satisfaction. The Pumping power was specially good. The motor ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. One of the Sufferers.

    Mr. Nathan Solomon was an early spectator of the havoc wrought in his business So far as could be seen, his stock, consisting of furniture and household ...

    Article : 247 words
  18. MERCHANT SERVICE WAGES.

    Mr. Justice Higgins, President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, took further evidence to-day with respect to the claims filed by the Merchant Service Guild ...

    Article : 257 words
  19. Awkward Questions Avoided.

    The Times remarks that the sudden [?]domnent of the business of the session has some obvious advantages from the point of view of the Government, which ...

    Article : 55 words
  20. What Democracy Loves.

    The Daily Chronicle states that before the elections begin guarantees will have been asked for and given that the will of the people as declared at the polls shall ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. FREEMASONRY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 490 words
  22. THE BLAZING BUILDING.

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    Article : 1 words
  23. An Hour’s Work.

    By 4 o’clock the whole corner was a scene of ruins—nearly 100 ft. square and four stories high, facing Hindmarsh square, Grenfell street, Twin street, and an alley ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. “Lords are Mutineers.”

    The Manchester Guardian, which also insists on the need for holding the elections on one day, Considers that the Lords are mutineers in that they have declined to ...

    Article : 40 words
  25. DEATH SENTENCE.

    At the Criminal Sittings of the Supreme Court to-day a kanaka named Billy Boslem was charged with the wilful murder of a gin, Mollie, at Proserpine. The jury ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. Accessible From All Sides.

    “What sort of a proposition was it to tackle compared with Bagshaw’s blaze?”— “It was different in that it was accessible from all sides. Both premises were far ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. No Salvage.

    Early in the progress of the fire several young men who had congregated offered to go into Solomon’s on the ground floor and drag out furniture, but the flames were ...

    Article : 56 words
  28. The Alarm.

    The fire seems to have been seen first about a quarter to 3 by F.C. Nicholls. Constable Goldsworthy was not far away when the alarm was given to the Fire Brigade, ...

    Article : 46 words
  29. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 88 words
  30. Unprovoked Election.

    The Pall Mall Gazette accuses Mr. Asquith of having flung to the winds all the pledges which he has made to Parliament. “The country,” says the paper, “is to be ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. A Good Hold.

    The fire had a good hold of the premises by the time the reels arrived, and for a while the few spectators were witnesses of an immense blaze. The building was a ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. Fall of a Big Machine.

    Between 40 and 50 employes of Whillas and Ormiston (Messrs. Higginbottom, Craig. and Leal) will be affected temporarily at least as a result of the fire. Scarcely ...

    Article : 281 words
  33. The First Blow.

    Referring to the Home Secretary’s letter to his constituents stating that “the utter blank sullen veto bars every path to progress,” The Pall Mall Gazette remarks ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. Statement by F.C. Nicholls.

    F.C. Nicholls, when seen by our reporter, stated:—“I first saw the fire at 2.15. I had come along to relieve the officer on the beat, and had just met Constable ...

    Article : 123 words
  35. LEAKAGE OF LOAN INFORMATION.

    Speaking on the subject of the loan of £5,000,000, the Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) said he had complained to the High Commissioner of the premature leakage of ...

    Article : 88 words
  36. ETHEL HARRIS’S DISAPPEARANCE.

    Detectives are still investigating the disappearance of the young woman, Ethel Harris, in March last. The prospects of clearing up the mystery ...

    Article : 78 words
  37. WANTS OF FLINDERS

    On Wednesday morning the Hon. J. V. O’Loghlin and Mr. Moseley, M.P.’s,’ waited upon the Commissioner of Public Works (Mr. Verran) to bring ...

    Article : 203 words
  38. Faint Red Glow.

    F.C. Goldsworthy remarked, in conversation:— “when first my attention was directed from Hindmarsh square to Genders Buildings a red glow on one of the ...

    Article : 126 words
  39. Advertising

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    Advertising : 99 words
  40. ATTACKING THE FLAMES.

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    Article : 3 words
  41. Insurance of Building.

    Enquiry from Messrs. Hackett & Hunt, attorneys for owners of the building, elicited that the structure itself was insured for £8,000 in the Colonial Mutual fire ...

    Article : 32 words
  42. Hose at Work.

    The Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Lieut. Rick wood) stated:— length of the place. It evidently originated in the eastern portion, and with the ...

    Article : 51 words
  43. Heat and Flying Sparks.

    An old resident the city declared that spectacularly the fire was perhaps the impressive since the old Academy of Music in Rundle street—the site of which ...

    Article : 182 words
  44. Danger of Falling Walls.

    “The walls as they stand now look anything but safe? Are they likely to crash down upon the footpath and street below?” —“I thought the south wall was going to ...

    Article : 144 words
  45. Advertising

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    Advertising : 11 words
  46. BOWLS.

    BROKEN HILL, November 15.—Mr. J. F. Lloyd has been re-elected President of the Broken Hill Bowling Club. The Club proposes to be re[?]esented at the carnival ...

    Article : 38 words
  47. The Place Saturated.

    The whole efforts and strength of the brigade were concentrated upon the objective of cheeking the fire from reaching to all parts of the building. In that we were ...

    Article : 238 words
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